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He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.
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Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
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Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.
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Would you persuade, speak of Interest, not of Reason.
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Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
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Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.
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I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.
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When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to you, look on his mouth.
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Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting.
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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Charles Babbage
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Born:
January 17, 1706
Died:
April 17, 1790
(aged 84)
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